@misc{10481/77790,
year = {2022},
month = {10},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/77790},
abstract = {Nature-Based Solutions for Integrated Water Resources Management (NbS-IWRM) involve
natural, or nature-mimicking, processes used to improve water availability in quantity and quality
sustainably, reduce the risks of water-related disasters, enhance adaptation to climate change and
increase both biodiversity and the social-ecological system’s resilience. United Nations and the
European Commission promote their research as a cornerstone in the changeover to the Ecological
Transition. In the Sierra Nevada range (Spain) and the Andean Cordillera, there is a paradigmatic
and ancestral example of NbS-IWRM known as “careo channels” and “amunas”, respectively. They
recharge slope aquifers in mountain areas and consist of an extensive network of channels that
infiltrate the runoff water generated during the snow-thawing and rainy season into the upper parts
of the slopes. The passage of water through the aquifers in the slope is used to regulate the water
resources of the mountain areas and thus ensure the duration of water availability for the downstream
local population and generate multiple ecosystem services. This form of water management is known
asWater Sowing and Harvesting (WS&H). As shown in this work, it is a living example of a resilience
and climate change adaptation tool that can be qualified as a nature-based solution.},
organization = {Organismo Autonomo Parques Nacionales from the Ministerio para la Transicion Ecologica y el Reto Demografico	SPIP202102741
2768/2021},
organization = {Ibero-American Science and Technology for Development Programme (CYTED)	419RT0577},
organization = {"Severo Ochoa" extraordinary grants for excellence IGME-CSIC	AECEX2021},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Careo},
keywords = {Amuna},
keywords = {Aquifer recharge},
keywords = {Nature based solution},
keywords = {Water resource management},
keywords = {Ecological transition},
title = {The Recharge Channels of the Sierra Nevada Range (Spain) and the Peruvian Andes as Ancient Nature-Based Solutions for the Ecological Transition},
doi = {10.3390/w14193130},
author = {Jódar, Jorge and Martos Rosillo, Sergio and Martín Civantos, José María and González Ramón, Antonio and Zakaluk, Thomas Martin},
}